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Metachrostis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Erebidae

Similar
  
Autophila, Odice, Parascotia

Metachrostis is a genus of moths of the Erebidae family.

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Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the Eublemminae subfamily of Erebidae or the Acontiinae subfamily of the Noctuidae family.

Description

Palpi long and upturned, reaching above vertex of head. Thorax and abdomen tuftless. Fore wings with stalked veins 8,9 and 10. Vein 7 sometimes almost or quite touching vein 8, and forming an areole.

Species

  • Metachrostis amanica Osthelder, 1933
  • Metachrostis antemediana Hacker, 2011
  • Metachrostis anticalis Walker, 1866
  • Metachrostis atristipata (Hampson, 1926)
  • Metachrostis batanga Draudt, 1950
  • Metachrostis bipartita
  • Metachrostis brunea Hampson, 1891
  • Metachrostis chalcoscripta Hacker, 2011
  • Metachrostis comvelox Hacker, 2011
  • Metachrostis contingens Moore, 1888
  • Metachrostis costiplaga Warren, 1903
  • Metachrostis dardouini Boisduval, 1840
  • Metachrostis dardouini dardouini Boisduval, 1840
  • Metachrostis dardouini dilucida Osthelder, 1933
  • Metachrostis debivar (Berio, 1947)
  • Metachrostis decora Walker, 1869
  • Metachrostis djakonovi Kononenko & Matov, 2009
  • Metachrostis egens Moore, [1884]
  • Metachrostis eupethecica (Hampson, 1910)
  • Metachrostis fasciata Hampson, 1891
  • Metachrostis lavinia (Hampson, 1902)
  • Metachrostis forsteri Hacker, 2011
  • Metachrostis glaucopuncta Hacker, 2011
  • Metachrostis grandivelox Hacker, 2011
  • Metachrostis griseimargo Warren, 1912
  • Metachrostis hoenei Kononenko & Matov, 2009
  • Metachrostis melabela Hampson, 1910
  • Metachrostis miasma Hampson, 1891
  • Metachrostis misturata (Hampson, 1910)
  • Metachrostis nannata Hampson, 1910
  • Metachrostis ochrographa Hacker, 2011
  • Metachrostis olmii (Berio, 1937)
  • Metachrostis pallidiscripta Hacker, 2011
  • Metachrostis parvisi (Berio, 1940)
  • Metachrostis paurograpta Butler, 1886
  • Metachrostis pectinata Hampson, 1907
  • Metachrostis phaeapera (Hampson, 1910)
  • Metachrostis phaeographa Hacker, 2011
  • Metachrostis politzari Hacker, 2011
  • Metachrostis quinaria Moore, 1881
  • Metachrostis quinarioides (Berio, 1947)
  • Metachrostis remanei Hacker, 2011
  • Metachrostis rubripuncta Hampson, 1902
  • Metachrostis sciaphora (Hampson, 1910)
  • Metachrostis sefidi Brandt, 1938
  • Metachrostis sinevi Kononenko & Matov, 2009
  • Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875)
  • Metachrostis stygiodonta (Hampson, 1910)
  • Metachrostis subdardouini Hacker, 2011
  • Metachrostis subvelox Hacker & Saldaitis, 2010
  • Metachrostis thermochroa (Hampson, 1910)
  • Metachrostis thermosticta (Hampson, 1910)
  • Metachrostis tritonia Hampson, 1902
  • Metachrostis velocior Staudinger, 1892
  • Metachrostis velocior deserta Amsel, 1935
  • Metachrostis velocior velocior Staudinger, 1892
  • Metachrostis velox Hübner, 1813
  • References

    Metachrostis Wikipedia